Community News
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Holistic grazing workshop open
Local landowners have the opportunity to sign up for a short course in holistic grazing management. The course will assist landowners to improve their skills and knowledge about grazing livestock. It will also include discussions and six visits to various farms, a visit to each participant’s property to develop a plan, and online tutorials. Holistic…
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Celebrating 90 years of healthcare
Trentham Bush Nursing Hospital was officially opened by His Excellency the Governor, Lord Huntingfield, and Lady Huntingfield, on September 7, 1934. Ninety years later, Central Highlands Rural Health will celebrate the rich history of Trentham Health with a community dinner on Saturday September 7, 2024, at The Cosmopolitan Hotel. The three-course dinner will be hosted…
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Toys for Syrian refugee children
Kyneton Men’s Shed has made another donation of more than 50 wooden pull-along toys for Syrian refugee children bringing the total of the toys donated to the cause to more than 350. The latest batch were made and painted jointly by male and female Shed members, and presented to Kim Bear, representing Aussies Knitting for…
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Community helps fund new tanker
Woodend CFA has recently taken delivery of a new 4WD medium tanker that was partly funded through the Victorian Government’s Volunteer Emergency Service Equipment Program. “We applied for the grant in 2020, when I was captain of the brigade,” said former captain Mike Dornau. “The CFA provides the brigade with vehicles and equipment to suit…
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Adding soil, or not?
When looking back at many early recipes for compost making, I often see soil recommended as an important compost ingredient. Yet, many modern composting resources don’t even mention soil as an ingredient at all, or some even recommend against using it. Despite this, some of my most respected composting sources do recommend the use of…
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We walk so you can talk
Three Bendigo blokes and passionate advocates of mental health will begin an extraordinary 600km journey on October 7, walking from Canberra back to their hometown of Bendigo in just 12 days. Nath Ryan, Wal Collins and Tim McKern will embark on the challenging trek, which is equivalent to more than 14 marathons and more than…
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Growing aged care services
As a reflection of the organisation’s growth and increasing demand in the region, Uniting AgeWell has opened a new home care office in Castlemaine. The Castlemaine-based team is currently supporting 400 clients throughout the Mount Alexander Shire, and following the transition of Commonwealth Home Support Program services from the Central Goldfields Shire earlier this year,…
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Take it outside
Between the chopping board and the compost pile there sits another piece of composting ‘equipment’ that often gets overlooked, but it’s a critical link in our composting chain. I grew up calling the thing in the kitchen we scrapped food scraps into the ‘compost bin’. But I have to admit it gets confusing when we…
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Garden appeal for KHS
Local businesses and community groups are being called upon to support an initiative by students and teachers at Kyneton High School to redevelop their community garden. The garden, which was established a number of years ago on the old tennis court at the school, has become overgrown and run down and late last year all…
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Busters take to the streets
The newly formed Castlemaine Graffiti Busters took to the streets on Monday, beginning their epic battle to eliminate graffiti from the town. With the help of the Beaumaris Graffiti Busters, led by Geoff Bransbury OAM who brought his fully equipped graffiti busting trailer along, the small group began removing tags and unsightly graffiti from prominent…
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To lime or not to lime?
It used to be pretty standard advice to add sprinklings of garden lime to our compost as we built them, it’s how I was taught to compost and a rule I followed for years without questioning, but is adding lime essential for a healthy compost? Garden lime is simply powdered limestone, a natural material that…
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Fundraiser for Yodhi
Lot 19 artspace and friends are throwing a party for their friend and fellow artist Yodhi Bergman – a benefit to help her through cancer treatment and recovery. ‘Yodhi Fest’, as the special event has been dubbed, will take place at the artspace in Langslow Street, Castlemaine, on Saturday July 20. The event will kick…